Car-coupling



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GAR COUPLING. No; 288,800. Patented Nov. 20, 1883.

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CHANCEY C. HASKIN, OF \VALTHAM, IOWA, ASSIGNOB Oll TYVO-THIRDS TO- JAMESE. HASKIN AND ERVVIN D. MERENESS, BOTH OF XVESTSIDE,

CAR-COUPLING.

SIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,800, dated November20, 1883,

I Application filed June 20, 1883. (No mDdeL] To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, CHANOEY O. HAsKIN, of Waltham, in the county ofTania and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Oar- Goupling,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists in a laterally-swinging coupling-hook pivoted toa rod secured to a buffer-frame held on the bottom of the car. A leverpivoted on the car is provided with a curved arm having a bentend,whi'ch passes into a recess in the inner side of the couplinghook,which lever is connected with an upweirdly-projecting lever swinging ina slot in the car-floor.

The invention also consists in various parts and details, andcombinations of the same, as will be fully set forth hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of the end parts of two carscoupled by means of my improved coupler. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthebottom of the same, parts being shown in section. Fig. 3 is an innerside view of the coupling-hook and draw-head.

Two bolts, A, pass loosely through acrosspiece, B, fixed on the bottomof the car, and on the ends of the said bolts, and inside of their headsa, two bars, 0, are loosely held parallel with the cross-piece B. Thebolts A pass also through india-rubber springs D, interposed between thecross-piece B and the bars 0. A rod, E, passes loosely through aperturesin the bar 0 andthe cross-piece B,

and is provided at its inner end with ahead, to, between which and thecross-bar C a rubher spring, F, is interposed. An eye, 5, is formed onthe outer end of the rod E, and a rubber spring, G, is interposedbetween the front cross-bar, G, and the said eye.

A coupling-hook, H, is pivoted to the eye I) in such a manner that'itcan swing laterally-that is, in the horizontal plane-and the recess inhook H for eye b is sufliciently large to permit the hook to rockvertically on the eye 22 of bar E, so that cars of different heights ofplatforms may readily be coupled when re quired. The hook H is providedat its outer end with a laterally-projecting hook-head,

H, and at the middle with a laterally-project ing curved prong, H,between which head H and prong a short prong, J, projects from the sideof the hook. A recess, K, is formed in the side of the hook-head H. Thecoupling-hook can swing between two check-pins, L, project-ing from thebottom of the car.

A spring, M, is held in the car-floor, between the rear end of thepivoted coupling hook and a ridge or projection, M, on the bottom of thecar, and presses the inner end of the coupling-hook against a check orstop pin, N, on the bottom of the car. A lever, O, is pivoted in an arm,0, projecting from the end of the car, and the outer end of the saidlever is connected, by means of a chain or rod, Q, with the swinging orouter end of the coupling-hook. The inner end of the lever 0 passesthrough an eye, P, formed in the lower end of a lever, 15, pivoted onthe car-floor, and passing through a slot, R, in the same. A curved bar,S, projects from the lever 0 through a slot in the draw-head, and isprovided with a hook end, 8, adapted to be passed into a recess, S, inthe inner side of the coupling-hook. The coupling-hook may be providedwith pin-aperture T for the usual coupling-pins, and with transverseopening T", for the usual coupling-links.

The operation is as follows: If the coupling-hooks or draw-heads cometogether, their heads H engage, as shown in Fig. 2, and are held in thisposition by their springs M. The prong J of one coupling-hook ordraw-head passes into the cavity or recess K of the other coupling-hook,thus preventing undue longitudinal movement of the coupling-hooks. Itthe cars bump together,the ends of the drawheads or coupling-hooksstrike against the curved prongs H of the opposite hook. The shockproduced when the cars are bumped together and the strain while drawingthe ears are taken up by the springs D D and F and G, which protect thecar from undue shocks and strains. If the cars are to be uncoupled, one

of the lovers 1? is moved in such a manner that it will cause head .9 ofcurved arm S to project from the inner surface of the correspondingcoupling-hook, thereby pressing the end of the other coupling-hook fromthe firstmentioned coupling-hook in the direction of the arrow at, andat the same time drawing the end of the coupling-hook through which armS passes from the coupling-hook in the reverse direction of the arrowat. c

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a draw-head, of thecross-piece B on the bottom of the car, the cross-pieces O O, thesprings D D, the bolts A A,and the rod E, connected with the drawhead,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination, with a draw-head, of the cross-piece B on the bottomof the car, the cross-pieces G O, the springs D D, the bolts A A, therod E, to which the draw-head is pivoted, and the springs F G,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

3. The combination, with the laterallyswinging coupling-hook H, of thelever 0, connected with the free end of the draw-head, the lever P, andcurved arm S, extending from the lever 0 through the draw-head,substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

4. The combination,with the coupling-hook H, of the rod E, to which itis pivoted, the spring M, the check-pins L N, and a spring buffer-frame,to which the rod E is secured, substantially as herein shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

5. The coupling-hook H, provided with a head, H, having a recess, K, acurved prong, H and a short prong, J, between the head H and the prong Hsubstantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose setforth.

Dated this 23d day of May, 1883.

GHANOEY O. HASKIN. VYitnesses:

WILLIAM DAVIS, -E. O. MASON.

